March 1 2012
 WORLD
BOOK DAY
World Book Day is a celebration of illustrators, of
books and (most importantly) it’s a celebration
of reading. In fact, it’s the biggest celebration
of its kind. This is the 15th year there’s been
a World Book Day, and on 1st March children of all ages
will come together to appreciate reading. Very loudly
and very happily.
Thanks to the generosity of National Book Tokens Ltd,
publishers and booksellers, millions of book vouchers
will be sent to children and young people on the day
- one for nearly every youngster aged under eighteen
in the country).
Local children can take their voucher to The Forest
Bookshop and use them to pick one of eight (exclusive,
new and completely free) books. Or, if they’d
rather, they can use it to get £1 off any book
that costs over £2.99.
Watch out for more announcements on Forest Bookshop
World Book Day activities!
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March 2012:
 F W Harvey - A celebration in song.
With Keith Morgan, Jan O'Neill and Doug McLean.
The F W Harvey Society and The Forest Bookshop invite
you to an evening of musical settings and readings of
Will Harvey's poetry. The concert will take place at
the Miner's Arms, Whitecroft.
More details soon.
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April 23
 World
Book Night
Pride and Prejudice and The Alchemist are among the
25 titles that will be given away on World Book Night
in 2012. One million books will be distributed at venues
including The Forest Bookshop. Now in its second year,
the event will move from March to 23 April, marking
both Unesco's International Day Of The Book and Shakespeare's
birthday. Some 20,000 members of the public will be
chosen to give away copies of their favourite title
from the list.
The books chosen this year range from classics like
Charles Dickens' A Tale Of Two Cities to Sophie Kinsella's
chick-lit hit The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic.
Also included are Bill Bryson's dissection of British
life, Notes From A Small Island, and fantasy fiction
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.
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18, 2012 - Meet the author: Miles Jupp at the College
Theatre
 Miles Jupp actor comedian
and writer, is Archie the Inventor in children's TV's
Ballamorey. He has also appeared on Mock the Week, Michael
McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow, Have I Got News For You,
as Nigel, in the BBC sitcom Rev., Never Mind The Buzzcocks,
BBC Radio 4's panel show It's Your Round and Have I
Got News for You. He won Celebrity Mastermind in January
2012.
Miles book Fibber In The Heat a wonderful account of
his attempt to become a cricket journalist in India
in 2006 is published May 3, 2012. To coincide with the
publication, Miles will be presenting his live show
originally performed at the Edinburgh Festival whereit
received more than 20 four-star reviews.
A Coleford Festival of Words advance event.
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-- 7 July 2012
. . . are the dates for the Coleford Festival of Words!
More news soon on the many many exciting events at
the Forest Bookshop and around the town..
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